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Monthly Archives: July 2012

I’ve been writing a lot lately, much freer and more often than I used to. In fact, I have so many pieces ready to share, I’m going to begin grouping multiple poems in one post. Thankfully, lots of them share common themes!

I believe I’ve mentioned before that I’m Canadian, that I love Canada and everything aboot it, that I’m going to live there someday, yada yada yada. But what I love most about Canada is that, whenever I am there, I can spend time with my huge, crazy, fabulous extended family! I was up north for a few days around the beginning of July, and the following poems were the result of those crazy 72 hours. Enjoy them, eh?

We consider ourselves too cool for airplanes, so I had a lot of driving time to work on this one on the way up!

The Physics of Us

We are electric and

we are electrons

racing along the lines of our infrastructure;

two sides of a wildflower median.

We barrel through

resistors and capacitors alike

toward our destination;

arrive with a spark

of energy

to fuel our antics,

often shorting a fuse

into a burst of burning memories

and love.

(c) 2012 Marie KR

Because the cottage we inhabit is directly on the banks of the St. Lawrence, we swim a lot while we’re there, and considering that the water is flowing South from the Arctic, it’s just a tad bit chilly. Nothing we Canucks can’t handle, though. Being descendants of polar bears has its perks!